Cast

Soumitra Chatterjee

Acting

Cast

Soumitra Chatterjee

Known for

Acting

Born

1935-01-19

From

Krishnanagar, Bengal Presidency, British India

Died

2020-11-15

Also known as Soumitra Chattopadhyay, Saumitra Chattopadhyay, Soumithra Chattopadhyay

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Soumitra Chatterjee or Soumitra Chattopadhyay (Shoumitro Chôttopaddhae; born 19 January 1935 — 15 November 2020) was an Indian Bengali film and stage actor and poet. He was best known for his collaborations with Oscar-winning film director Satyajit Ray, with whom he worked in fourteen films, and his constant comparison with the Bengali cinema screen idol Uttam Kumar, his contemporary leading man of the 1960s and 1970s. Soumitra Chatterjee is also the first Indian film personality to be conferred with the Commandeur de l’ Ordre des Arts et des Lettres, France's highest award for artists. He is also the winner of the Dadasaheb Phalke Award which is India's highest award for cinema. Not only that, in 2017 exactly thirty years after auteur Satyajit Ray was honoured with France's highest civilian award, the coveted Legion of Honor, thespian Soumitra Chatterjee, arguably, the most prominent face of Ray's films, is set to receive the prestigious award. Starting with his debut film, Apur Sansar (The World of Apu, 1959), the third part of Apu Trilogy, he went on to work in several notable films with Ray, including Abhijan (The Expedition, 1962), Charulata (The Lonely Wife, 1964), Aranyer Din Ratri (Days and Nights in the Forest, 1969); Ashani Sanket (Distant Thunder, 1973); Sonar Kella (The Fortress, 1974) as Feluda and Joi Baba Felunath (The Elephant God, 1978) as Feluda, Ghare Baire (The Home and The World, 1984) and Ganashatru (Enemy of the People, 1989). Meanwhile, he also worked with other noted directors of Bengali cinema, with Mrinal Sen in Akash Kusum (Up in the Clouds, 1965), Tapan Sinha in Kshudhita Pashan (Hungry Stones, 1960), Jhinder Bandi (1961), Asit Sen in Swaralipi (1961), Ajoy Kar in Saat Pake Bandha (1963), Parineeta (1969), and Tarun Mazumdar in Sansar Simante (1975) and Ganadevata (1978). He acted more than 210 films in his career till 2016. He was awarded the Padma Bhushan by the Government of India in 2004. In 2012, he received the Dadasaheb Phalke Award, India's highest award in cinema given by the government of India for lifetime achievement. He has won two National Film Awards as an actor, and as an actor in Bengali theatre, he received the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award in 1998, given by the Sangeet Natak Akademi, India's National Academy of Music, Dance and Drama. In 2013, IBN LIVE named him as one of "The men who changed the face of the Indian Cinema". In 2014, he received the introductory Filmfare Awards East for Best Male Actor (Critics) for his role in Rupkatha Noy. Description above from the Wikipedia article Soumitra Chatterjee, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Soumitra Chatterjee

Soumitra Chatterjee

Biography

Nobel Chor

Lathi

Paanch Adhyay

The Bengali Night

Chowdhury Paribar

Bicycle Kick

Chaya Manush

Ballygunge Court

Shlilatahanir Pore

Gharer Laxmi

Nishijapon

Mantramugdha

Posto

Sukumar Ray

Chol Kuntal

Jadi Jantem

Prajapati

Tumi O Tumi

Sanskar

An Enemy of the People

Sangini

Jiban Saikate - Life on the Beach

Aamader Janani

Charulata

Kaka Bhaipo

The Coward

Faltu

Bhagya Debata

Sanghat

Praktan

Kaalbela

Shipwreck

Golokdham Rahasya

Shirshendur Diary

Dai Daitya

The Branches of the Tree

Madhu Malati

The World of Apu

Dekha

Room No. 103

Santan Jakhan Satru

Malyadan

Maach Mishti & More

Ami Soumitra

Devi

Samadhan

In the Forest... Again

Bhagshesh: The Remainder

Sangsar Simantey

Preyashi

Amar Geeti

Three Daughters

Churiwala

Haray Khuji Tare

Titli

Ei Ghar Ei Sansar

Distant Thunder

Aalor Disha

Ahalya

Baksa Badal

Jabab Chai

Swapner thikana

Up in the Clouds

Ganadevata

The Expedition

Days and Nights in the Forest

Samapti

Sraboner Dhara

Andarkahini: Self-exile

Vasundhara

IDOL MAKERS OF KOLKATA

Kulangar

Apur Panchali

Tiktiki

Sudur Niharika

The Elephant God

Teen Bhubaner Paare